What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and how does it work?
Find out what a business impact analysis (BIA) is, how it relates to business continuity planning, and how to create a BIA to protect your institution.
5 Business Continuity Red Flags in Vendor Relationships and How to Address Them
Explore the vendor issues that could damage your institution and learn strategies for effectively navigating third-party risk management (TRPM).
Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery: The Differences
Learn more about the differences between a business continuity plan (BCP) and a disaster recovery plan (DR plan) and how to implement each at your institut…
TPRM 101: Top Third-Party Vendor Risks for Financial Institutions
A rundown of the biggest third-party vendor risks banks, credit unions, mortgage companies, and other financial institutions needs to know about
Risk Management 101: Risk Assessments for Financial Institutions
A step-by-step guide through the risk assessment process for banks, credit unions, mortgage companies, with real-world risk assessment examples.
What Is A Compliance Management System And Why Your Financial Institution Needs One
Read on to discover what a compliance management system is — and why your FI needs one.
Does Your BCP Have a BCP?
Many financial institutions have activated business continuity plans due to the pandemic and are now activating a second one due to natural disasters.
Been Through a Disaster? Be Ready to Talk BCP and Risk During Your Next Exam
If your institution has been through a natural disaster, you're likely have a conversation about it on your next exam. Here's what you need to know.
Are New Employees Your Biggest BCP Risk?
BCPs identify individuals with specific roles and responsibilities. It also has contact information and contact trees to ensure strong communication even
8 Features to Look for in a Business Continuity Solution
You can use these highlights to understand the landscape, proactively review your institution, and make changes to avoid criticism in your own program.
How Does Your Business Continuity Plan Measure Up?
Financial institutions must be resilient and ready for anything. How does your business continuity plan measure up?
Business Resiliency: Your Guide to Business Continuity Management
Here's the updated FFIEC IT Handbook with Business Continuity Management explained. Here's more.
9 Steps to an Effective Tabletop BCP Test
Your BCP tabletop exercise is an important part of your overall business continuity plan. Here are 9 steps you can take to ensure your test is effective.
How Have Critical Vendors Performed During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a trying time for everyone—including financial institutions working with third-party vendors.
Business Continuity Planning: Where to Start
There’s no shortage of information about business continuity planning (BCP), but having lots of information is different from having
10 Business Continuity Planning Basics
After the past few months of fire and weather calamities, many financial institutions are wondering if their business continuity plans (BCPs) are
3 Ways to Keep Your Business Continuity Plan Current
It was a rainy night, the kind where television programs are interrupted by an emergency alert warning of a flash flood, but he wasn’t worried.
Business Continuity: 7 Areas to Evaluate Part-Way Through A Pandemic
Regularly evaluate your operations and business continuity management to ensure plans are performing as expected through a pandemic.
What Examiners Will Be Looking for in Your COVID-19 Response
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted operations and financials at every financial institution.
5 Tips For Assessing Your Financial Institution’s Pandemic Performance
Now that we’re months into the COVID-19 pandemic, financial institutions can finally begin assessing their pandemic performance.
3 Common Questions About Vendor Response To COVID-19
Monitoring critical vendors’ response to COVID-19 and the effectiveness of their ongoing business continuity management (BCM)
What’s The Difference Between Business Continuity Management (BCM) And Pandemic Planning?
There is a huge amount of overlap between BCM and pandemic planning guidance.
Inside Ncontracts COVID-19 Pandemic Response
When your company is full of risk management and business continuity experts, you have to be prepared to face the unexpected.
A Little Monday Inspiration: The Banking Heroes We Need
We all need a little inspiration to brighten these difficult days. I got a dose last week from this story in The Washington Post about how nimble banks
How to Lead During a Pandemic: A Conversation with Marcia (“Marci”) Malzahn
The pandemic activated every single risk. Right now, bankers are dealing with credit, liquidity, interest rate, earnings, capital, and human resources.
The New COVID-19 Risk Environment: Reassessing Risk
Risk has always been a part of banking. But today, with the spread of COVID-19 wreaking havoc on customers, the economy, and how we live and do business,
Pandemic Preparedness & BCP Department-by-Department Series: COVID-19 & IT (Part 6)
HR may be setting up work-from-home policies and dealing with employee concerns, but the IT department has to make sure the technology works.
Pandemic Preparedness & BCP Department-by-Department Series: COVID-19 & Finance & Lending (Part 5)
As COVID-19 spreads across the U.S., finance and credit departments at financial institutions are facing a new world of risk.
Pandemic Preparedness & BCP Department-by-Department Series: COVID-19 & Compliance and Risk (Part 4)
While many necessary compliance and risk functions continue, it’s by no means business as usual. COVID-19 is creating new operational risks that need to
Pandemic Preparedness & BCP Department-by-Department Series: COVID-19 & Board & Management (Part 3)
As COVID-19 spreads across the country, boards and management are making critical decisions to adapt to changing conditions.